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| Personal turntable/cartridge evolution Current system:VPI Aries with JMW-12 and the Dynavector Karat 17DPreviously:Technics SL-200B with cheapo Ortofon cartridgeBasis 1400 with Rega 250 RB tonarm and Grado SonataVPI HW-19 with Sumiko Premier FT-3 and Dynavector Karat 17DAnd somewhere i... | |
| How Important is Tube Matching? The best thing to do is consult the product documentation or simply ask the manufacturer. There are varying approaches in the industry as some amps and preamps have autobias features while others do not, not to mention differences in circuit imple... | |
| BMI power cord with Musical Fidelity KW 500amp Keep in mind you need a 20 amp IEC "female" termination on the cable. You may want to check out the Elrod Statement 20 amp PC as well. | |
| Krell SACD Standard problem Well, I thought I would update this thread since the SACD Standard has returned to my lair. First of all I would like to commend Terry Menacker and Overture Audio (DE) for their assistance in settling this matter - all's well that ends well, I gue... | |
| Audio Debt? Yet there have been posts on the various forums where people have taken out second mortgages for $100k speakers and so forth. Imagine explaining to your S.O. that you're losing the house over speakers! Given the cost of some of the more outrageuos... | |
| Speaker recommendations in the $3,500-$4,000 range You may also want to look at the Thiel CS 2.4s, which I have seen retailing for $3900 or so. | |
| poor vinyl My experience in general has beemn similar to what Ozzzy62 says - I have had nothing but good results, whether here or on eBay, when I buy stuff described as NM from a reputable buyer. This often means paying more that what some people think one s... | |
| Is it Audio, or is it Art? I think this is a very valid point. There are SOME instances where form follows function, ans there is a visual statement, but this is usually in the domain of big speakers. I was discussing the similarities of the a lot of the high end audio stuf... | |
| Cary SLI 80 or Conrad Johnson CAV 50? Having owned both Cary and C-J gear (in fact, after tomorrow I'll be running with a Cary pre and C-J amp), my assessment is that the sounds are cut from swatches of the same sonic cloth. It may come down to characteristics of your speakers (SLI de... | |
| What is so terrible about balancing your system ? Nothing wrong with tone controls, graphic EQ, or tube rolling in my book. We all have to be able to live with our systems and music collections, and hopefully get the most enjoyment out of the music as is possible, which is what I think this is al... | |
| The Mysterious Dropping and Migrating Channel What do you mean by swapped cables? Do you mean that you left them plugged into the same channels on the preamp, but switched them at the amp, or that you did a wholesale swap? If you just switched them at the amp the problem is definitely upstrea... | |
| The Clever Little Sharp I wonder how the average Wal-Mart clerk will react when the audiophiles descend, asking which clock soundstages better? There is a walmart on my way home - ironically there is no clock in my listening room, and I had been thinking about buying one... | |
| Do Audiophiles really like music? I have always tried to have the system serve the music, since I have always been around music. My mother taught classical piano lesons in our house when I was little, and I have learned to play a couple of instruments over the years as well. Playi... | |
| Clever Little Clock - high-end audio insanity? So this is based on the teachings of Wilhelm Reich? I suspect we'll be seeing lots of Orgone Accumulators in the next year or so. I believe that is when the documents pertaining to Orgonon (the company) and any applied for patents can be unsealed.... | |
| The importance of component location... Heat dissipation is the biggest concern. I have my tubed monoblocks in a rack due to my kids, but there is a good 3 feet of clearance above them. I suspect that this, along with potential for static discharge hosing something up, that manufacturer... |